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Elizabeth Enright

    Elizabeth Enright, da un background artistico e illustrativo, si è evoluta in un'autrice acclamata. Le sue storie, spesso ambientate in paesaggi urbani e suburbani, sono note per la loro sensibile rappresentazione della vita familiare e delle avventure infantili. Enright intreccia magistralmente l'umorismo con l'emozione profonda, enfatizzando il potere dell'immaginazione e l'importanza dei legami fraterni. La sua voce distintiva e i suoi temi senza tempo continuano a risuonare nei lettori di ogni età.

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    • The Melendy Quartet: The Saturdays

      • 192pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Meet the Melendys! The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-and-a-half-year-old Randy, who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six. Tired of wasting Saturdays doing nothing but wishing for larger allowances, the four Melendys jump at Randy's idea to start the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.). If they pool their resources and take turns spending the whole amount, they can each have at least one memorable Saturday afternoon of their own. Before long, I.S.A.A.C. is in operation and every Saturday is definitely one to remember. Written more than half a century ago, The Saturdays unfolds with all the ripe details of a specific place and period but remains, just the same, a winning, timeless tale. The Saturdays is the first installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures.

      The Melendy Quartet: The Saturdays
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    • Portia and her cousin Julian discover summer adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.

      Gone-Away Lake
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    • Thimble Summer

      • 144pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it magical enough to help her pig, Timmy, win a blue ribbon on Fair Day?

      Thimble Summer
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